Combination brush and pant holder



1959 H. H. MERRIMAN ETAL COMBINATION BRUSH AND PANT HOLDER Filed March2'7, 1956 M111 M m M MW/HM INVENTOR HENRY H. MERRIMAN HELEN D. LEAVY BYM %Mm ATTORNEY United States Patent @ffice 2,914,229 Patented Nov. 24,1959 CGMBINATIQN BRUSH AND PANT HOLDER Henry H. ltlerriman and HelenDorothy Leavy, Jackson, Mich.

Application March 27, 1956, Serial No. 574,199

2 Claims. (Cl. 223-96) The present invention relates to improvements ina combination clothes brush and pant or skirt holder.

It is an object of the invention to provide a novel traveling accessorywhich may be conveniently carried in a traveling bag and used as anefiicient clothes brush as well as a pant holder. As a pant holder, theaccessory may be readily suspended from any standard form of closet hookor clothes hanger.

Another object is to provide an accessory of the type described in whichthe article of clothing being suspended is firmly held in position withthe assistance of its own weight.

A further object is to provide an accessory of the type described whichmay be inexpensively manufactured yet is sturdy and durable in use.

These and other objects and advantages will appear from the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side-elevational view of the accessory,

Fig. 2 is an end view taken of the right hand end of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a pair of pants beingsuspended from the cuffs, and

Fig. 4 is a top view of a modified form of the invention.

Referring to the form of Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the travelingaccessory comprises an elongated body portion 12 preferably of wood ormolded plastic. At one end the body portion 12 is provided with a seriesof suitable holes (not shown) in which bristles 16 are cemented orotherwise secured, all in well known manner.

A piece of relatively rigid formed wire 18 extends along the face 19 ofthe portion 12 with a short return bent portion 20, parallel to thelonger portion 22 and disposed on the same plane, having hinging actionwithin a hole 24 extending in from one end along the longitudinal axisof the body portion 12. (See the form of Fig. 4 for more detail in planview.) The portion 20 has a snug fit in the hole 24 so as to remain inposition during use and handling yet the portion 22 is capable ofhinging from the position shown in Fig. 2 into the position of Fig. 3under the weight of the pants 26.

To avoid the use of a hanger which might snag upon clothes in atraveling case, a flexible chain 28 is preferably used and attached tothe body portion 12 may be passed through parallel transverse holes 30.

The form shown in Fig. 4 is identical to the form of Fig. 1 with theexception that it has been constructed to hold two pairs of pants. Thishas been accomplished by duplicating the formed wire 18' upon oppositesides of the body portion 12'. Holes 24' are provided in from each endof the body 12' along the longitudinal axis thereof in which the shortportions 20' have a snug fit yet are capable of being hinged to clampthe garments being supported against the sides of the body 12'.

It will be understood that the portions 22 and 22' are slightly sprungaway from the body 12 and 12 in order to insert the pants or skirt. Whenthis is done the portions 22 and 22' will be in the position shown inFig. 2. Thereafter, the portions 22 and 22' will assume the positionshown in Fig. 3 under the weight of the garment or by being manuallyurged depending upon the tightness of the fit of the portions 22 and 22'in the holes 24 and 24.

When used as a clothes brush the wire or wires 18 and 18, along with thebody portions 12 and 12', constitute handle portions which may be firmlygripped, the wire 18 or wire 18 adding bulk to the handle portions.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as novel and wish toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. A combination brush and garment hanger comprising an elongated bodyportion of substantially uniform cross-section, one end of said bodyportion constituting a handle portion and the other end a brush portion,a hole defined in said handle portion and extending inwardly from andalong the longitudinal axis of said body portion, a garment holdingmember having a clamping portion extending along and substantiallycoextensive with one side of said body portion substantially parallel tosaid longitudinal axis and defining a narrow openended slot with saidbody portion, said holding member having a return bent portion extendingbeyond the end of said handle portion with a leg portion thereofparallel to said clamping portion and disposed in said hole to provide apivotal support for said clamping portion for limited rotation aboutsaid axis from and toward said side whereby said clamping portion may berotated by the weight of a garment disposed in said slot and engagingwith said clamping portion to effect a clamping action between saidclamping portion and said side of said body portion, said holding memberadding to the bulk and length of said handle portion, another side ofsaid body portion at said brush portion end in off-set relation to saidclamping portion having brush bristles carried therein, and supportstructure for said body por tion attached thereto between said brush andhandle portions.

2. A combination clothes brush and garment hanger comprising anelongated body portion having a bristle brush portion at one end and asmooth handle portion at the other end, supporting means afiixed to saidbody portion intermediate said brush and handle portion, and a garmentholding member disposed along one entire side of said body portionsubstantially parallel thereto to define therewith a narrow open endedslot, said member adding to the bulk of said handle portion and havingone end supported from said handle portion, and said garment holdingmember and the bristles of said brush portion being radially disposed atleast apart with respect to the axis of said body portion whereby saidbristles will not interfere with the garment hanging function of thehanger.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D.77,134 Sumi Dec. 4, 1928 851,527 Kronacher Apr. 23, 1907 1,027,223Sybenga May 21, 1912 FOREIGN PATENTS 612,912 Great Britain Nov. 19, 1948

